The Friends of Firs Farm have provided a copy of a document setting out the proposals for the creation of a wetlands area in the park. The detailed information in the document is the subject of a consultation exercise in which Enfield Council are seeking the views of people living near the playing fields and park.
The wetlands project is being funded by Enfield Council, Thames Water, the Environment Agency and the GLA. It will achieve a whole range of objectives, including.......
In recent months rail services serving both the west and east of Enfield borough have seen changes of operator, promises of improved services but, so far at least, precious few signs of improvements, and in some the service has actually deteriorated. In this article we report on what has occurred so far and what the future holds........
The new Sainsbury's Local shop in Green Lanes, Palmers Green, is currently being stocked with goods and will open next Monday, 27th July.
An official opening ceremony will be held at 9am on Monday. Special guests will include local councillors and Costas Georgiou, Chairman of the Green Lanes Business Association.
Sainsbury's have stated that the new shop will provide employment for 18 local people. Opening hours will be 7am to 11pm, including Sundays........
To enable construction of the new buildings at Chase Farm Hospital, some services have been or are about to be temporarily relocated. They include the Urgent Care Centre, which will relocate on 4th August.
The table below sets out what services are due to move, where they will move, and when:
ServiceNew locationDate of move
Older person's assessment unit
Highlands wing
20 July 2015
Sleep and lung function clinic
Highlands wing
22 July 2015
Rheumatology.......
This video is a couple of years old, but is worth revisiting in the context of letters that have recently appeared in the Enfield newspapers about the pros and cons of cycling rather than driving........
The project to indentify and record local "built heritage" that we have reported on previously (on 6th June and 13th June) is now well under way, but there is still time for new volunteer surveyors to come forward and for anyone to suggest buildings or other objects that they think might be suitable for "local listing".
The project involves many local societies and other groups, but the three main bodies involved are Enfield Council, the Enfield Society and Urban Vision. Urban Vision are.......
The exhibtion at the Fox last weekend marked the start of the 12-week consultation period during which members of the public are invited to give their views on the plans for cycle lanes between Enfield Town and Palmers Green.
Unfortunately, it's not as easy as it should be to find the relevant information on the Enfield Council website, so here's a short guide with direct links.
The start page for consultation is cycleenfield.co.uk/consultation/a105-scheme-consultation, where you can watch the.......
As anyone who went last year or the year before will know, Palmers Green Festival is a brilliant way of bringing people together and having fun. It's entirely volunteer run and a big festival needs a lot of volunteers to make it run smoothly and safely.
The Festival organisers are still looking for more volunteers for various roles. If you fancy helping out, visit the Festival 2015 Volunteers Zone to find out how to get involved........
The Pinkham Way Alliance has issued the following message about what happened at last week's meeting of Haringey Council.
As Stephen Brice says, the new draft of the North London Waste Plan (PDF, 9MB) does include Pinkham Way in its list of proposed future waste sites - though it refers to the site as the "Friern Barnet Sewage Works" - something which has not existed for a very long time!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!.......
Tottenham Art Classes have provided details of taster workshops to learn printmaking and illustration.
For anyone who has ever wanted to try printmaking or illustration, now's your chance!
We're holding taster workshops in Printmaking and Illustration in August. Open to anyone aged 14 years and over and adults.
PRINTMAKING TASTER WORKSHOPS
Choose from two dates:
Tuesday 11th August from 1pm - 5.30pm
Saturday 12th August from 11am - 3.30pm
Course info:
An introductory workshop to mono.......
Enfield Carers' Centre - a volunteer-staffed organisation that looks after volunteer carers - is looking to recruit additional trustees to its Executive Board, who must have skills in the following specific areas:
organisational managment
marketing
fundraising.
For details of the specific vacancies and the role of trustees, please download these two documents:
ECC Trustee Vacancies July 2015
ECC Trustee Information Pack.
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The first of this year's Proms in the Park was hot and sunny, the second - held last Sunday - was overcast with occasional drizzle. But the weather didn't deter over a hundred people gathering to listen and dance to musicians from Bowes Park Folk Club and local singer/songwriter Luke Carey - as you can see from the cutting below, taken from the Enfield Gazette.
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As the Gazette also points out, this weekend will see a change of style: .......